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Private FRANCIS LEONARD MEAKIN

Service Number: 37782
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

4th Labour Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLEUET FARM CEMETERY

I. C. 41.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (25513) 43rd Coy.. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Arthur and Jane Meakin, of Cloud Side, near Congleton.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

BLEUET FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 452
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